DANVILLE — Citizens and workers here are gearing up for the Yell County Fair which will kick off Monday and run through Saturday.

Casey Scarborough, a Yell County Extension agent, said the fair will feature many events including livestock shows, talent shows, pageants and new this year, a goat talent show.

“Basically, it’s kind of like a goat costume contest of sorts,” she said. “But the kids who have entered their goats in the fair will have the opportunity to enter them in (the contest) as well and will be judged and get prizes.”

Scarbourough said another fun event are the livestock scrambles.

“We do three scrambles, foul or poultry, pig and calf,” she said. “With the poultry scrambles, they let so many chickens go and so many kids out and they have to catch the chickens and if they catch them, they get to keep them.”

Scarborough said the same rules apply to the other scrambles. Kids in 4-H, Future Farmers of America (FFA) and FCCLA will have the opportunity to catch their own animal.

Yell County Fair president Kenny Jackson said Monday’s pageants will feature a theme of “50 years ago” with about 25-30 past Yell County Fair Queens scheduled to attend.

Aside from the many events, live entertainment will be provided at 7 p.m. Saturday by the local band Rawhide.

Jackson said he hopes to have a good turnout at the fair.

“There has been a lot of hard work put in by a lot of people,” he said. “We wish everybody to come out, have a good time, visit at the fair and meet people.”

Yell County Fair schedule:

Monday, Sept. 12

• 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. — booth building open for set up.

• 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. — all educational exhibit books open (with the exception of flower, field crop and horticulture exhibits).